Doll.



E. D. LEE.

DOLL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. s, 191s.

1,075,482, 1 Patented 001. 14, 1913.

Attorneys ELLA DOLBEAR LEE, OE CHICAGO, LLI1\TOLu y DOLL.

intensa.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Unt. t4, i913.

Application filed. January 3, 1913. Serial No. 740,060.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ELLA DOLBEAR Lun, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of illinois, have invented a new and useful Doll, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvenient-s in dolls, and more particularly to a doll formed from a flat material such as paper or other flexible fabric, the primary object of the present invention being the provision of a cut-out doll provided with front and back sections, each one of which carries a single leg, so that the doll may be supported in an upright standing position when properly assembled.

A further obj ect of the present invention is the provision of a cut-out doll, the headv of which is provided with a movable section whereby the eyes may be caused to assume either an open or closed position to simulate a wide-awake or sleeping doll.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a cut-out doll, in which the front section constitutes the complete front of the doll and one leg, and the rear portion is composed of two separable pieces constituting the lower half of the doll with a single, or the other leg, said legs being so positioned as to when desired form a support to sustain the doll in an upright position.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

ln the drawings-Figure 1 is a front elevation of t-he front blank. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the rear blank. Fig. 3 is a detachable front portion of the leg carried by the rear blank. Fig. 4 is an edge view of the completed doll. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a modied form of blank. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the upper section of the rear blank. Fig. 7 is a similar view of the lower section of the rear blank and constituting the separable supporting medium.

Fig. S is a detachable blank for forming the i section. Fig. 9 is a vertical sectional view through the various blanks constituting the completed doll ma de with the sections shown in Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8. Fig. `10 is a detail view of the pivoted member carried by the head to simulate a wide-awake or sleeping doll. Figs. 11 and 12 are plan views illustrating front and rear respectively of a hair ribbon and eye carrying iaps.

Referring more particularly to Figs. l, 2, 3 and 4, the numeral 1 designates the front body section, which as shown is provided with a single projection constituting in the present instance the right leg of the doll.

The foot in the present instance is indicated as pointing directly forward and constitutes as shown in Fig. 4 the front support for assisting and holding the completed doll in a vertical or standing position. rlhe rear blank 3 is provided with the leg forming portion 4, whose foot portion 5 is extended to assume a position at right angles to the foot portion of the leg 2, and constituting in the present instance the left leg of the doll, the same when positioned to support the doll, being substantially in the rear of the right leg 2 and in-such a position as to assist in preventing" the doll from falling rearwardly or sidewise. These blanks are connected so that the head, the arms and the portion of the body down to the point as indicated at 8 in Figs. 1, 2 and 4 are co-extensive or secured together by means of an adhesive. ln order to provide a finished effect upon the front surface of the leg 4, the leg blank 6 as a separable piece is provided and is connected to the front face of the leg blank 4 by means of an adhesive.

in the form shown in Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, the front body blank 9 is somewhat similar to the blank shown in Fig. l, except that it is provided with the rivet apertures l0 adjacent the waist line, eye openings 11 in the head thereof, and the aperture 12 for the pivoting means, as will presently appear. The back blank in the present instance is composed of two members, the lower or straight member 13 being provided .with a projecting waist band portion 14 having the apertures 15 which are disposed to register with the apertures 10 yof the front body blank 9 for the reception of the fastening means or rivets 16, as clearly shown in Fig. 9. The upper rear body member, as 17, is provided with the apertures 18 which when the body portion V17 is adhesively connected lll@ to the rear of the body portion ot the blank the respective legs carried by the sections 9 and 13 may be extended to yform Ja vsupporti for the doll, and in a similar manner to t-ha-t Ishown i-n Fig. 4. The section or member 17 is cut away at the .head portion as at 1-9 for the introduction of the pivoted .plate 21, which is secured between the head section of the members 9 and 17 by means of the pivoting pin 20 to be incased, vvas shown in Fig. 9, so that as 'the plate 21 is manipulated through the means of the handle por-tion v22 accessible through the recessed portion 19, the dots 23 simulating the eye ball of the doll or t-he portions 2.4 simulating the closed lids thereof will be presented through the eye holes or openings 7 of the member 9. Although this `pivo'ted plate 21 is shown vonly used in connection with the form of doll shown in Figs. 5 through 9, it is apparent that the same may be `applied to the head of the doll as illustrated in Figs. 1 'through 4 by simply notching the head portion of the member 'El and forming a pocket or recess therein in conjunction with the head portion ofthe member 1, as clearly shown in Fig. 9.

Although the back as shown in Figs. G and 7, is composed oit'two members, if it is desirable to dispense with the back portion 17 (Fig. 6,) the rear of Fig. 5, having printed thereon, the representation of the back of the head and waist garment, as shown in Fig. 6, the section 13 of Fig. 7, -being Areadily attached as described Yto Fig. 5. When this is done, the eye and ribbon carrying flap Figs. 11 and 12, lare employed, the ribbon Kside being disposed exteriorly of the rea-r of the head in Fig. v5, with the other face disposed to simulate a sleeping or wide awake doll.

From the 'foregoing description, it is evident that with a doll constructed according to the present invention, that the legs are so vpositioned and vcarried by the respective front and rear blanks thereof, -as to assu-me the -necessary spaced positions to support the doll against forward or rearward and sidewise movements and in the desired standing or upright position. This may be accomplished :as shown I'either by `the two `membe'red doll .as shown in Figs. 1 through 4, or the three member-ed dol-l -as shown inthe other figures, any means being provided for lfastening the sections together so that lthe sections may be separated from the waist line dow-n to .provide the desired necessary supporting .means las herein illustrated. Y

llVhat is claimed is:

`1. A doll kmade from a plurality of blanks thereof -a portion simulating a leg, the foot I of one of the legs being extended outwardly to provide a longer supporting base than the foot of the `other'leg, and said legs being disposed for separation to form spaced supports for the doll.

3. A doll marde from a plurality of blanks, y

each of said blanks having for-med and projecting from the lower edge thereof a portion simulating a leg, the foot of one of the legs being extended outwardly to lprovide a longer supporting base tha-n the foot of the other leg, said blanks being connected together down toa point vadjacent the waist Iline so that the -portion below the waist and the legs maybe lmoved to and from each other to change the relative position of the feet.

4. A doll, having two blanks forming rthe front and rear portions of the head, arms and body, and 'a single leg, said blanks being attached together at the waist line to permit the leg portions to be .moved to and trom each other to for-m a spaced support for the doll and the foot portion of one leg being of lgreater length than the foot porf tion of the other leg.

5. A doll, having two blanks for-ming the front and rear portions of the head, arms and body anda single leg, said blanks-being .attached together at the waist line tope-rf` mit the leg portions to be moved to and lfrom each other to forma spaced support for the doll, the .toot portion of one of the blanks 'being of Agreater length than the foot portion of the other blank to provide a longer f supporting base and to prevent `sidewise tilting movement of the doll when in :upright position.

6. A doll made vfrom three separate blanks, two of the blanks `being formed `so that each one has a body portion and one leg, while .the third blank constitutes the `opposite side of one of the legs, the firsttwo'blanks being connected together to permit the legs to be .moved to form .spaced supports to holdthe doll in an 'upright -o-r standing position.

. 7. A `doll made from three Yseparate blanks, two fof the blanks being formed so that each fone'has a body portion and one lg: While the third lOl-ank yconstitutes the In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own7 I have hereto aiiXed my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

ELLA DOLBEAR LEE.

Vitnesses:

HENRY MoENG, CHS. DROENINGER.

opposite side of one of the legs, the blanks having the body portions being secured together at their Waist line so that the lower portions of the body and both legs may be swung in spaced relation to each other to form a bracing support for the doll When in an upright or standing position.

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